Okay I am WAY late to this, but I felt compelled to throw something together tonight. Here’s my 2017 year in review. Quick 2017 Stats Freestyle Dance Videos Shot: 7 Number of Marches and Protests: 3 Number of Pies Baked: 5 New Hobbies Acquired: 1 (rock climbing) Dance Competitions Entered: 5 Countries Visited: 1 (South…
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Learning to Love Camp Hollywood: Sick Dancing, Crazy Energy, Poolside Chilling
I just got home from a long weekend at the Camp Hollywood lindy hop camp in Los Angeles. To be perfectly honest, I have not been a fan of Camp Hollywood. In the past, I found the vibe superficial, clique-ish, and borderline sexist. I felt isolated and inadequate as a dancer at the event. I remember…
My 2016 in Pictures
It's been a strange year for a lot of people including myself, with a lot of drama and ups and downs. That said, I have a lot to be thankful for in 2016. Here's a pictorial recap of some of my favorite moments in the year. Dancing Dancing was a huge part of 2016, which…
Mickey’s Halloween Party: One of the Best Ways to Experience the Magic Kingdom
It was 10:58pm. The "spook-tacular" parade was winding to a close. Barry, Eve and I are sprinting through Fantasyland, past the Matterhorn Bobsleds … past Alice in Wonderland… past Pixie Hollow. We've entered Tomorrowland! Racing past the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster… now around the Astro Orbiter… we near our destination… Barry was the fastest, getting to the entrance to…
Highlights of Walt Disneyworld: African Safaris, Scary Drops, and Spell-casting
Last week, I and some friends had an amazing time visiting the Walt Disneyworld and Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando. It was a fantastic opportunity to catch up on the explosion of themeparks since the last time I was there about 18 years ago. Walt Disneyworld is of course the grand-daddy of them all,…
Rik’s 2013 Year in Review: Dance Shows, Geeky Teens, Fake Ukrainian Bombs
Looking back on the past 12 months, it's been pretty incredible on a lot of fronts. Some highlights: helped hundreds of teens to be science storytellers using technology co-starred in a hip-hop dance show that I inspired co-hosted and co-produced a live broadcast from the Olympics of swing led a tech workshop in the Ukraine…
I win the “best boss” award today
These are my two Digital Learning team members Christine and Matt, a few seconds after we had showered them with stuffed animals. They had requested a "pile of puppies and kittens" for their birthdays this week, which I told them was impossible. But I actually had all of the staff in our department bring in…
The Magic Kingdom Beckons…
I've been a very good boy this year, earning a couple of work promotions, co-producing a live broadcast from an international dance competition, performing at city hall on Pride Weekend, teaching activists how to use social media in Ukraine, and co-creating a dance show on spirituality, among other things. So guess what… I'm going…
A Jaw-dropping Disney Haunted House-inspired Routine by Academy of Villains (video)
Academy of Villains is one of the ill-est hip-hop troupes on the West Coast, hell, in the United States. Here they are tearing up the stage at Body Rock 2012 in San Diego last month. I love the Disneyland Haunted House inspired theme, the perfect music choices, and the ridiculous dancing. But nothing beats…
Joi Ito talks to CNET (transcript)
The always interesting and cool venture capitalist / gamer Joi Ito gave an interview to Daniel Terdiman of CNET at their in-world headquarters yesterday. Joi touched on such subjects as copyright and IP in Second Life, Creative Commons, the game industry, and work and World of Warcraft. Daniel will be posting a fuller interview shortly. …